Fire and Ice: Blast from the Hambantota past

Former Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike. MP Dr. Harini Amarasooriya. Minister Kanchana Wijesekara. By Professor Ari Ariyaratne The year was 1970. The time was around ten in the morning. In a rustic village located in Giruvapattu, Hambantota District, Ceylon, the villagers…

March 10, 2023 · by soma ·

Israeli intelligence company says ISIS used CoinPayments platform to convert bitcoin to money a day prior to Sri Lankan bombing

Funeral ribbons hang above St. Anthony’s church in Colombo where dozens were killed in a suicide bomb attack on Easter Sunday which has been described as a deadliest act of terrorism in the world Bitcoin’s anonymity, availability and the ease…

May 2, 2019 · by soma · 0

After 30-year war ended Sri Lanka became a carnival: Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka

Sarath Fonseka: I didn’t become a field marshal by selling chickpeas on Galle Face Green Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, Minister of Regional Development, is widely credited as a key element contributing to end the 30-year war. Fonseka who was jailed…

April 30, 2019 · by soma · 0

I only came to know about terrorist attacks through social media in Singapore: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena

President Sirisena: Warning letter was never forwarded to me The English translation of the speech made by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Friday after the Easter Sunday attacks on churches and hotels killing 253 people and injuring more than…

April 28, 2019 · by soma · 0

I was branded a racist when I warned about radical Muslim group in 2016, says minister Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe

Wijeyedasa Rajapakshe…Ministers who criticized me should take the responsibility for the Easter attacks on churches and hotels There had been enough early warnings about the devastating terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday on April 21, according to Minister of Education and…

April 27, 2019 · by soma · 0

Sri Lankan politics million-dollar business today, says JVP leader Anura Dissanayake in Toronto

Anura Dissanayake addressing Toronto gathering – (Pic. newstrails.com) The current problem in Sri Lanka has been created by opportunistic politics of 70 years and in order to find a solution to the crisis affecting the country, the political battleground has…

April 19, 2019 · by soma · 0

Present Sri Lankan political dilemma caused by President Sirisena’s hunger for power, says JVP MP Bimal Rathnayake in Toronto

Bimal Rathnayake addressing the meeting The present political deadlock in Sri Lanka is the direct result of President Maithripala Sirisena’s power hungry attempts for his own political survival ensuring his victory at the 2020 presidential elections, said JVP Chief National Organiser…

October 31, 2018 · by soma · 0